Towards the end of 1964 McLaren built the first M1 sports car and painted it in NZ colours of Black & Silver. I think I spent the rest of my high school days trying to draw sports car pictures.( it was a beautiful machine built in mediocre shop conditions that we would just shake our heads and wonder how did he do that ! )I even offered free art to any girl that would help me with my homework ! My teachers got sick of opening my school books to see this stuff ! I thought I could be a car designer without being any good at math. I even wrote to the GM design school in Detroit. (Never heard back ! ) I thought if McLaren could do it then I could dream of building my own" Apollo" sports car.
Hyndman's dreaming and sketching from the 1960,s.
After a day at Pukekohe. 1966.
Detroit, please let me in !
(My "Apollo GT"..the fastest road car in the world. (1967)
(Ken Hyndman.. the ultimate dreamer !)
The McLaren M1 _Oldsmobile that was my dream car.
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